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Is bight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bight is a Scrabble US word. The word bight is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

B3I1G2H4T1

Is bight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bight is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3I1G2H4T1

Is bight a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bight is a Words With Friends word. The word bight is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4I1G3H3T1

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5-letter words (1 found)

BIGHT,

4-letter words (1 found)

THIG,

3-letter words (7 found)

BIG,BIT,GHI,GIB,GIT,HIT,TIG,

2-letter words (5 found)

BI,GI,HI,IT,TI,

You can make 14 words from bight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bight

bight ibght bgiht gbiht igbht gibht bihgt ibhgt bhigt hbigt ihbgt hibgt bghit gbhit bhgit hbgit ghbit hgbit ighbt gihbt ihgbt higbt ghibt hgibt bigth ibgth bgith gbith igbth gibth bitgh ibtgh btigh tbigh itbgh tibgh bgtih gbtih btgih tbgih gtbih tgbih igtbh gitbh itgbh tigbh gtibh tgibh bihtg ibhtg bhitg hbitg ihbtg hibtg bithg ibthg btihg tbihg itbhg tibhg bhtig hbtig bthig tbhig htbig thbig ihtbg hitbg ithbg tihbg htibg thibg bghti gbhti bhgti hbgti ghbti hgbti bgthi gbthi btghi tbghi gtbhi tgbhi bhtgi hbtgi bthgi tbhgi htbgi thbgi ghtbi hgtbi gthbi tghbi htgbi thgbi ightb gihtb ihgtb higtb ghitb hgitb igthb githb itghb tighb gtihb tgihb ihtgb hitgb ithgb tihgb htigb thigb ghtib hgtib gthib tghib htgib thgib

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bight. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bight.

Definitions and meaning of bight

bight

Etymology

From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”).

Cognate with Scots bicht (“bight”), Dutch bocht (“bend, curve”), Low German Bucht (“bend, bay”), German Bucht (“bay, bight”), Danish bugt (“bay”), Icelandic bugða (“curve”), Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophones: bite, by't, byte

Noun

bight (plural bights)

  1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
    the bight of a horse's knee
    the bight of an elbow
  2. An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
  3. (geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
  4. A curve in a rope

Related terms

  • Bight of Benin
  • Bight of Biafra
  • German Bight
  • Great Australian Bight
  • New York Bight

Translations

Verb

bight (third-person singular simple present bights, present participle bighting, simple past and past participle bighted)

  1. (transitive) To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.

See also

  • Appendix:Parts of the knot

Source: wiktionary.org